Lariat designed for skipping and spinning



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LARIAT DESIGNED FOR SKIPPING AND SPINNING Filed March ll, 1963 FIG.

INVENTOR 25 WILLIAM 0| SCHWEITZER BY Q wggmrww ATTORNEYS United StatesPatent 3,249,356 LARIAT DESIGNED FOR SKIPPING AND SPINNDIG William 0.Schweitzer, 10342 Old Olive St. Road, St. Louis County, Mo. Filed Mar.11, 1963, Ser. No. 264,186 7 Claims. (Cl. 272-75) 1 may be formed.

Another object is to provide such a lariat which is simple inconstruction and effective in its action.

Further objects will be seen from the detailed descrip-' tion taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings in which are illustratedvarious embodiments of this invention. It is .to be understood, however,that this invention is susceptible of various embodiments within thescope'of the appended claims.

' In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a general view showing the lariat in condition for'skippingwith the rope lengthened to its full extent;

FIG. 2 is a similar view showing the lariat in condition for spinning aloop with the rope lengthened to its full extent;

FIG. 3 is a view similar .to FIG. 1, but lariat in shortened conditionfor skipping;

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 2, but showing the lariat of FIG. 3converted to a spinning rope with the lariat in a shortened conditionfor spinning a smaller loop than that of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 2, but showing a modificat-ion of thelariat in condition for spinning a small loop;

FIG. 6 is a detail of the swivel;

FIG. 7 is a detail of the latch;

FIG. 8 is a detail of a modified latch;

FIG. 9 is a detail of a keeper;

FIG. 10 is a section of a keeper adjustable rope; and

FIG. 11 is a partial view of a spinning rope showing the employment ofthe adjustable keeper of FIG. 10.

Referring to FIG. 1, 1 and r2 designate hand holds which may be of rope,and 3 designates a lariat connected to '1 and 2 by swivels 4, but theright end of the rope 3 has a latch 5 which connects to the swivel of 4of the right hand hold. The rope 3 has a keeper 6 intermediate the endswhich may simply be a loop in the form of a hog ring clamped on the rope3. The swivel-s 4 are attached to the ends of the rope 3 by means ofadjustable loops 7. Split ring keepers 8 (shown in FIG. 9) maintain therope end loops 7.

FIG. 3 shows the jumping rope in shortened condition. To accomplishthis, the keepers 8 are loosened, the end loops 7 are enlarged, and thekeepers 8 are secured. This shortens the lariat body 3.

' In FIG. 2 the lariat is conditioned for spinning. In such a case thelatch 5 is disconnectedfrom the right swivel of hand hold 2 andconnected with the keeper 6. The lariat may then be spun in theusualmanner.

FIG. 4 shows the shortened rope of FIG. 3 conditioned showing the alongthe intermediate the keepers 6 and 6a.

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for spining a small loop in the same manner as hereinbefore describedfor FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 shows a jumping and spinning lariat designed for spinning a largeloop and a small loop. For this purpose the rope has two keepers 6 and6a. An intermediate lariat section 9 is connected by a swivel 4 and aloop .10 The keeper 6a is fixed to an auxiliary hand hold rope section11 which is attached to the loop 10 by a latch 5 and has a swivelmounted hand hold '1 on the other end. When the latch 5 is connected tothe keeper 6, a small loop may be spun using the lariat section 9. Thesection 11 is removed when the small loop is spun.

When a large loop is spun, the latch 5 is fastened to the keeper 6a andthe hand hold 1 is used in spinning the loop. The spinning loop may bedecreased in size by increasing the size of rope end loop 7 (ashereinbefore In order to employ .the lariat of FIG. 5 for skipping, therope section '11 is removed, and hand holds 1 and 2 are connected to thelariat ends by means of latches 5. Alternately, if the rope is not to beused for skipping, the sections 9 and 1-1 are combined and theconnection the-rebetween is eliminated. A lariat thus is formed whichhas two keepers 6 and 6a and provides means for spinning a number ofloops.

FIG. 11 shows a spinning rope 20 having a hand hold 21 attached to oneend of the lariat portion 22 by a swivel 4. The swivel 4 is fastened toone end of the-lariat 22 by an adjustable loop .23. The spinning loop 24also is adjust-able in size by folding over the other end 26 of thelariat 22 along the body thereof.

A convenient form of connecting means 25 for connecting the folded overend 26 of the rope is shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, which comprises twoformed pieces 27 of metal, rubber or preferably plastic which areconnected by .a screw 28 to clamp the folded over end 26 to the body ofthe lariat 22.

Thus the length of the rope 20 is adjustable by means of the loops .23and the connector 25, and the size of the loop 24 is adjustable by meansof the overlapping of the free end 26 and the connectors 25.

A swivel 4 is shown in FIG. 6, and that may be of any suitableconstruction, comprising an eye 45, a shank 46 and another eye 47. Thelatches 5 and 5a, FIGS. 7 and 8, may be of any suitable construction andmay simply be a snap 5, or they may be in the form of a hook 5a havingan open mouth 5b adapted to enclose the rope and a closure SC to retainthe rope therein.

FIG. 9 shows a keeper 8 in the form of a hog ring which is of largersize than the keepers 6. The keepers 8 are clamped around the rope.

This invention therefore accomplishes its objects, for a lariat isprovided which may alternatively be used for skipping or for spinning,and which is simple in construction and uses standard parts which may beobtained at a low price.

In trick roping, the beginner can learn much easier by starting with asmall loop. After mastering the small loop, the rope is lengthened untila large loop can be rotated. By using the longer rope of FIGS. 5 and 11a loop can be formed which can be rotated around the body. After thisthe loop can be shortened until the roper can move in and out of theloop while continuing to spin it.

This invention is intended to cover all changes and modifications of theexamples of the invention herein chosen for purposes of the disclosure,which do not constitute departures from the spirit and scope of theinvention.

Having thus, described the invention, what is claimed and desired to besecured by Letters Patent is:

1. A lariat, designed for skipping and for spinning, comprising, a rope,a pair of hand holds each having a swivel, one end of said rope beingattached to the swivel on one hand hold, the other end of said ropehaving a latch adapted for connection with the swivel on the other handhold, in order to condition the lariat for skipping, a keeper on andintermediate [the ends of #the RIOPE adapted to receive said latch whenremoved from the swivel on the second hand hold in order to conditionthe lariat for spinning a loop, the attachment of the first end of saidrope to said first swivel being adjustable in order to vary the lengthof said rope from said swivel to said keeper.

2. The lariat of claim 1 wherein the said latch on the said other end ofthe rope is formed with an eye, the said other end of the rope beingdoubled and positioned in the eye and including attachment means forsecuring the doubled other end of the rope to the spinning loop portionof the rope, said other end of the rope being adjustable along thespinning loop portion of the rope to selectively vary the length of therope portion which forms the spinning loop.

3. A lariat, designed for skipping and for spinning, comprising, a rope,a'pair of hand holds each having a swivel, one end of said rope beingattached to the swivel on one hand hold, the other end of said ropehaving a latch adapted for connection with the swivel on the other handhold, in order to condition the lariat for skipping, a series of keeperson and spaced along said rope each adapted to receive said latch whenremoved from the swivel on the second hand hold, in order to conditionthe lariat for spinning a number of loops, the attachment of the firstend of said rope to said first swivel being selectively adjustable inorder to selectively vary the length of said rope from said swivel tosaid respective keepers.

4. A lariat designed for spinning, comprising, a rope, one end of whichis designed for spinning to form a loop, a series of keepers arrangedalong said rope, a latch on said end adapted for removable engagementwith various of said keepers in order to fix the sizes of said loop, ahand hold swiveled to the other end of said rope, and means forselectively adjusting the lengths of said last end of said rope fromsaid hand hold to the respective keepers.

5. A lariat, comprising, a rope, a hand hold, a swivel attached to saidhand hold and having an eye adapted to receive one doubled end of saidrope, a keeper positioned along said rope, a latch on the other end ofsaid rope and adapted for engagement with said keeper in order to form aspinning loop, and means for securing the doubled end of said rope insaid eye in order to selectively vary the length of said rope form saidhand hold to said keeper.

6. The lariat of claim 5 wherein thetsaid latch on the said other end ofthe rope is formed with an eye, the said other end of the rope beingdoubled and positioned in the eye and including attachment means forsecuring the doubled other end of the rope to the spinning loop portionof the rope, said other end of the rope being adjustable along thespinning loop portion of the rope to selectively vary the length of therope portion which forms the spinning loop.-

7. Aspinning lariat comprising: a hand hold, a continuous rope bod-yforming a lariat portion, a first end of the rope being doubled back onthe body of the rope to form an adjustable connecting loop, first meansadjustably securing the first rope end to the rope body to form the saidconnecting loop, swivel means connecting the hand hold to the saidconnecting loop, the other end of the rope being laid along the ropebody to form a spinning loop, saidother rope end being in the spinningloop and adjacent to the rope body for a portion of its length, otheradjustable means fastening the said other rope end to the rope body, thespinning loop being adjustable in size by loosening the said otheradjustable means, moving the saidother rope end along the spinning loop,and tightening said adjustable means, and the length of the rope fromthe swivel to the spinning loop being adjustable by varying the size-ofthe connecting loop.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS p 299,179 5/1884Sweet 24--115 1,993,010 3/1935 La Rue 119-153 2,223,174 11/1940 Hughes272-- 2,253,075 8/1941 Johnson 27275 2,719,038 9/1955 Massa 27275RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Primary Examiner.

1. A LARIAT, DESIGNED FOR SKIPPING AND FOR SPINNING, COMPRISING, A ROPE,A PAIR OF HAND HOLDS EACH HAVING A SWIVEL, ONE END OF SAID ROPE BEINGATTACHED TO THE SWIVEL ON ONE HAND HOLD, THE OTHER END OF SAID ROPEHAVING A LATCH ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION WITH THE SWIVEL ON THE OTHER HANDHOLD, IN ORDER TO CONDITION THE LARIAT FOR SKIPPING, A KEEPER ON ANDINTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE ROPE ADAPTED